Before Covid, lots of businesses had employees or directors that had to travel all over the world for various reasons. It may be that they needed to go and meet a new supplier in China or that they were trying to establish more business in another country, whatever the reason, travel abroad for business purposes was not unusual. During the height of the pandemic, many companies had to suspend virtually all travel and had to find new ways to continue working. This often meant that video conferencing platforms such as Skype, Zoom and Teams were used a lot more.
Although travel rules are now beginning to relax, will business travel every be the same again. Many companies have realised that they can save a lot of money by doing business over video calls and it may be that part of this continues. Of course, for some businesses or certain meetings, face to face will still be beneficial but it is likely to be reduced compared to what it previously was.
It may be that companies resume travel again but actually enforce stricter procedures themselves. These may be temporary, or they could be here to stay.